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P. KETTENRING.

BAND sAW MACHINE. No. 390,083. 8 v Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

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UNiTnn STATES ATENT OFFICE.

PETER KETTENRING, OF DEFIANOE, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE DEFIANGE MACHINEWORKS, OF SAME PLACE.

BAND SAW MACHINE.

EBPECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,083, datedSeptember 25, 1888.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER KETTENRING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Band-Saw Machines,ofwhichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and I0 useful improvements inbandsaw machines, especially designed for shaping wood, such aswagon-fellies,chair-backs,and other work having parallel curved lines,or for straight work also,in which it would be an advantage to run twoparallel cuts at the same time to facilitate the work.

To this end my invention consists in the peculiar arrangement andcombination of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawing which accompanies this specification an elevation of myimproved device is shown, illustrating two band saw devices complete inthemselves, consisting of the frames a a,the wheels b, mounted thereon,the band-saws c, the saw-guides (l, the guards e, the brushesf, allarranged and operatingin the usual manner, except as hereinafterdescribed. These two band-saw devices are mounted upon a commonbed-plate, A, in

0 such relation to each other as to bring the sawblades parallel to eachother, and with their cutting-edges in a common plane at right anglesthereto. The standard a of one of the machines is laterally slidinglysecured to the bed-plate A, and provided with suitable adjustingdevicessuch as the screw B and handwheel C-forincreasing or diminishingthe dis tance between the saw-blades.

D is a table common to both saws, and this is suitably slotted, as shownat s, to permit of o adjusting the saws from or toward each other. Thetwo band-saws may be driven from acommon counter shaft, or eithermay bedriven independently of the other.

The machine being arranged and constructed 5 as shown and described,thework being fed to the saws, both saws will cut in a circular path, so asto cut out awagon-felly or a chair-back from a straight blank at oneoperation and of any desired thickness to which the saws may be adjustedapart. a

In feeding the work to the saw any means of guiding it to the desiredpattern may be employed, either by marking the work and following thepattern by sight or by means of 5 circular guides, in cutting follies,or any other of the known styles of guides,depending upon the style ofwork to be done.

What I claim as my invention is-- i The combinationfin a device for thepurpose described, of two band-saw machines mounted in adjustablerelation to each other on a common bed-plate and provided with asaw-table common to both, said table being fixedly secured to the frameof one of said saws and slotted to provide for adjustment of the othersaw, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatu re,in presence oftwowitnesses,this 5th day of April, 1888.

PETER KETTENRING.

Witnesses:

JNo. P. CAMERON, PETER KUHN.

